According to US News and World Report, the average income for a new graduate from Kansas State University is $28,732. The average income for a new graduate from The University of Arkansas is $46,598.
It probably has something to do with having the second best Business College in The United States. The most common occupation of a Kansas State Graduate is "Agricultural Laborer or Owner". Whereas the most common occupation of an Arkansas Graduate is "Business Administration".
The statistics that most of you keep dredging up are skewed greatly by the Delta region of Arkansas. NWA has leaps and bounds more wealth than Manhattan and the surrounding areas.